My 3-2-1 blog post.

  • 3 Initial thoughts:

“Crowdsourcing to create an increasingly robust list of recommendations …” (Dunlap and Lowenthal, 2018). Educators with online crowdsourcing reach a variety of like-minded subject matter experts. Education online that will utilize crowdsourcing gives online instruction various choices to present to the course. Classroom instruction has been tried and tested over the years, while online education has recently taken to the forefront. Changes to the direction of teaching and the assistance of the crowdsourced material will increase the success rate of the course.

Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash

  • 2 questions

Digital facilitation provides much in the idea of discussion points. (Garrison et al., 2000) “Is it reasonable to think that text-based, asynchronous environment can be sufficient to support a quality educational transaction and experience?”.  The question brings forth the idea that online instruction has the capability to offer the same course presence as a classroom environment.

Bull (2013) asks, “Are they getting closer to meeting the learning objectives or not?”.

  • 1 Metaphor

The photo attached gives a perception of new technology while using pen and paper to assist in the task. Two schools of thought combined to create a successful job!

References

Bull, B. (2013, June 3). Eight Roles of an Effective Online Teacher. Faculty Focus. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-delivery-and-instruction/eight-roles-of-an-effective-online-teacher/

Garrison, D., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (1999). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1096-7516(00)00016-6

Graham, S. (n.d.). Brainstorming over paper [Photograph]. unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/5fNmWej4tAA?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink